, some kind of compromise of key republicans to get the president's defense secretary nominee chuck hagel the 60 votes he needs to overcome a filibuster, a republican filibuster. >>> and, of course, we are following the ship, the cruise ship, that is making its way -- you can see cnn exclusive video. making its way to shore. i want to bring in sandra endo. she was actually on the chopper earlier today. where we were able to get these exclusive pictures of that ship. was able to get really kind of the birds-eye view, if you will, of the passengers who were waving, those who were excited when they first were able to talk to their loved ones, were able to actually see some of the signs that were draped over the side, asking please help get us to louisiana. sandra is now on the ground. can you hear me? >> yes, i can, suzanne. >> tell us what you saw from up there. >> well, it was incredible the view we were able to see from the helicopter. we went out early this morning to try to find this carnival "triumph" ship. we understood that it was farther out, actually, than originally anticipated. b